Rhonda King-Randolph Inducted into MAC Hall of Fame

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Toledo softball All-American Rhonda King-Randolph was inducted into the Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame at the 2026 MAC honors dinner and Hall of Fame celebration in Cleveland on Thursday.

Other Rocket honorees at the annual event were former men's golfer Jamie Butler (Bob James Memorial Scholarship), along with Troy Sudbrook (baseball) and Eli Enriquez (softball), who were Toledo's MAC Medal of Honor recipients for excellence in athletics, academics, leadership and service.

King-Randolph, who passed away in 2025, became the first Rocket woman ever to earn All-America honors when she was named First Team All-America by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) in 1990. During the 1990 season, she led the country with 13 home runs and 57 RBIs, adding a .773 slugging percentage, all school records at the time.

In 1989, King-Randolph led Toledo to a MAC championship, an NCAA Regional title and a berth into the Women's College World Series. She was a three-time First Team All-MAC player (1987, 1989, 1990) and earned MAC Player of the Year honors in 1990. Throughout her four-year career at Toledo, King-Randolph played on Rocket teams that won 131 games overall and went 64-34 in MAC play, finishing in the top three in the league three times.

Following her playing career, King-Randolph coached travel softball, then took a position in 1998 as the first head softball coach at Kenyon College, coaching the Owls for two seasons. She also stepped in and coached Highland Sparta High School for one season in 2001. She continued coaching as a hitting instructor for Grand Slam USA and at Mount Vernon Nazerene for many years.

Players Mentioned

Eli Enriquez